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Alec Hogg: Thanks for keeping faith Cyril, so should we ‘SA breathed a sigh of relief when President Cyril Ramaphosa resisted the urge to tighten the lockdown, ignoring demands from the left’, writes Alec Hogg. SA breathed a sigh of relief when President Cyril Ramaphosa resisted the urge to tighten the lockdown, ignoring demands from the left, writes Alec Hogg. This article is exclusive to Biznews Premium. Members please login here. Not yet subscribed? Taste before you eat by signing up h...

When identified late last year, medical professionals were concerned that the variant – known as 501.v2 – would drive up Covid-19 infections. Professor Salim Abdool Karim said the strain had a higher viral load, meaning it could spread between people with ease. The infection rate rapidly increased, with President Cyril Ramaphosa reintroducing level 3 lockdown restrictions. As Gabriele Steinhauser of The Wall Street Journal writes, ‘A new coronavirus strain was surging across the country, ...

Alec Hogg shares his rational perspective on Barak Fund Management, ‘investors, many from SA, have injected over R15bn into Barak’. Alec Hogg shares his rational perspective on Barak Fund Management, investors, many from SA, have injected over R15bn into Barak. This article is exclusive to Biznews Premium. Members please login here. Not yet subscribed? Taste before you eat by signing up here for a half price 30 day trial (card details required). Cyril Ramaphosa: The Audio Biography Listen...

'March’s tech stock selloff didn’t hurt the Sygnia fund which is positive for the month. Nice one Magda', writes Alec Hogg.

 After 25 years, Amazon founder Jeff Bezos and MacKenzie Scott parted ways in 2019. Now, two years after their separation, Ms. Scott has remarried. The 22nd-richest individual in the world has wed private school teacher, Dan Jewet. 50-year old MacKenzie is best known for her philanthropic works, with Bloomberg reporting that Scott gave away nearly $6bn last year alone. According to The Wall Street Journal, Jeff Bezos expressed his best wishes to the newlyweds, stating ‘Dan is such a great gu...

Alec Hogg shares his rational perspective on MAS Real Estate. 'Financially, the business is conservatively low debt ceilings and high liquidity'.

'Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy was found guilty Monday of trying to bribe a magistrate', reports The Wall Street Journal.

McKinsey has virtually become a household name, notorious for its involvement in State capture. Kevin Sneader was Global Managing Partner when the Zondo Commission heard about McKinsey’s partnership with Trillian. Trillian is owned by Gupta lieutenant, Salim Essa and is heavily implicated in corruption at Eskom. Kevin Sneader‘s management of the reputational crisis was not well received, either internally or externally, when he offered an apology to South Africans and then claimed that inte...

'If you still want to join us at the BizNews Investment Conference from the 16th-19th of March, please act soonest', says Alec Hogg.

Alec Hogg: Buffett Index suggests overheated market ‘Interest rates are at record lows assisted by unprecedented money creation by pandemic-panicked governments’, writes BizNews founder Alec Hogg. Interest rates are at record lows assisted by unprecedented money creation by pandemic-panicked governments, writes BizNews founder Alec Hogg. This article is exclusive to Biznews Premium. Members please login here. Not yet subscribed? Taste before you eat by signing up here for a half price 30 ...